A renewed push for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade is reshaping global diplomatic conversations, as Ghana intensifies efforts to secure formal recognition, compensation, and accountability at the United Nations. At the center of this effort is a proposed UN resolution backed by African and Caribbean nations that seeks to
A deeply consequential shift in global diplomacy is unfolding in Zambia, where lifesaving HIV/AIDS assistance is now being positioned as leverage in negotiations over critical mineral access. The development marks one of the clearest and most troubling examples yet of a purely transactional approach to international partnerships, where humanitarian support
SDG News, Conakry — Guinea is preparing one of the most ambitious economic transformation strategies in Africa, launching its first sovereign wealth fund to convert revenues from the massive Simandou iron ore project into long-term national development. The West African nation plans to establish the fund in 2026 with an
Transparency under the Paris Agreement has largely unfolded through dispersed national submissions followed by remote technical scrutiny. In Kigali this May, that architecture consolidates. Rwanda will host the first centralized group review of Biennial Transparency Reports for African Least Developed Countries (LDCs), bringing together technical expert review teams and reporting
In Washington, forest wealth was reframed not as conservation stock, but as balance sheet potential. Six Congo Basin governments have moved to formalize how their forest assets will be priced, verified and converted into climate-linked capital through newly launched strategic roadmaps designed to align carbon markets with national development planning.
In N’Djamena, climate policy is measured less in pledges than in resilience. Hassan Bakhit Djamous, who became Chad’s Minister of Environment, Fisheries and Sustainable Development in October 2024, has assumed his portfolio at a moment when environmental governance is inseparable from fiscal stability and national security. Drought, flooding and desertification
In N’Djamena, climate finance is no longer an abstract pledge debated in distant capitals. It is a question of timing. The Green Climate Fund has committed to mobilise at least $100 million in support of Chad’s climate priorities, subject to board approval, marking an accelerated programme of action for a
Addis Ababa — As the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union concluded this weekend in Addis Ababa, the mood was measured, strategic, and quietly consequential. Africa’s leaders left with a shared understanding that the continent is entering a decisive phase,
A long-delayed wager nears the finish line Tanzania is preparing to conclude one of the largest energy investments ever contemplated in sub-Saharan Africa. A proposed $42 billion liquefied natural gas project, stalled for years by regulatory uncertainty and shifting commercial terms, is again moving toward agreement as the government seeks
Uganda’s presidential election on January 15 has left the country suspended between two stark realities. In one, President Yoweri Museveni has secured a commanding seventh term and projects continuity after nearly four decades in power. In the other, opposition leader Bobi Wine says the result is a manufactured victory, achieved
